In the summer of 2012, exes Gabi Hernandez and Will Horton found each other very depressed one night and slept together. The next morning, Will and Gabi realized they had made a mistake, especially considering that Will was gay, and decided to move on -- Will with Sonny Kiriakis and Gabi with Nick Fallon. Three months later, Gabi learned that she was pregnant. Knowing that Will was the father, Nick proposed that the three of them just allow everyone to think that Nick was the father. They all agreed, but Will had apprehensions.

Nick was a homophobe and took precautions to make sure that Will would not be a part of the child's life. Nick learned that Will had shot E.J. in 2007 and Lucas covered for Will. Nick blackmailed Will with this information into signing away paternal rights to Gabi's child.

Nick was also recently released from prison and, unbeknownst to Gabi, made some enemies while in jail. Due to a clerical error, one of Nick's prison mates, Jensen, was accidentally released. Jensen went right for Nick, found Nick with a very pregnant Gabi, and kidnapped both of them. He took them to a warehouse on Smith Island. Will and Sonny saw the confrontation and followed them. When Jensen went outside to investigate a sound, Will and Sonny came in. Sonny took Gabi and escaped while Will stayed behind to untie Nick. On their way through the woods, Gabi went into labor. Sonny found a shack and helped Gabi deliver Arianna Grace.

After getting cleared by a doctor, Arianna Grace and Gabi went home to live with Sonny and Will.